Posted on 10/17/2004 5:18:04 PM PDT by ArmoredCav
bump for later
MEGA-Bump!
Great article, Thanks for posting it
This was in the print edition of National Review, but only excerpted on NRO. This is the article I could've written--had I more talent as a writer. It's as if it was gleaned from my thought process and put into words.
This is one of the best pro-Bush/anti-Kerry articles of the year. Unfortunately, in Bill Clinton's America, a candidate's virtues don't make him prevail at the polls, and the vices of the opponent don't lose elections. If a people is determined enough to get a new government, they will, even if it means making a very bad choice.
"All the elements of anarchy and unrest in the Middle East and Muslim Asia and Africa are clamoring and praying for a Kerry victory.The mullahs and the imams, the gunmen and their arms suppliers and paymasters, all those who stand to profit — politically, financially, and emotionally — from the total breakdown of order, the eclipse of democracy, and the defeat of the rule of law, want to see Bush replaced.
His defeat on November 2 will be greeted, in Arab capitals, by shouts of triumph from fundamentalist mobs of exactly the kind that greeted the news that the Twin Towers had collapsed and their occupants been exterminated."
I think the comments on Kerry's phoney Catholicism were probably specifically highlighted for that audience.
That would be Paul C. Johnson. He's one of the libs on one of those philanthropic organizations.
Wow, this is really big news. This guy laid it out in a world view way very clearly.
My original info was slightly wrong. The Paul C Johnson I referred to in my original post is a local philanthropic Foundation in Muskegon County Michigan. Sorry
Not at all. Moreover, I'm sure he'd be the first to defend Anglo-Saxon values and culture in America. He'd support assimilation of rather the than ghettoizing of Latinos here.
In any case, here is the HACER "Who we are" page:
Who We Are
The Hispanic American Center for Economic Research is a 501(c)(3) organization that is supported entirely through gifts from individuals, philanthropic foundations, and corporations. Its goal is to promote the study of issues pertinent to the countries of Hispanic America as well as Hispanic Americans living in the United States, especially as they relate to the values of personal and economic liberty, limited government under the rule of law, and individual responsibility. HACER does this by both generating and supporting independent research.
HACER recognizes the rapid growth of the U.S. Hispanic population as one of the most important demographic trends of our era. Spanish-speaking America is already the world's fifth-largest Hispanic nation and it's projected to expand by 75 percent by 2015. This community umbrellas individuals of diverse ethnic origins, united by a shared language. Despite their substantial and growing numbers, Hispanics in the U.S. are frequently under-represented in public debates. Moreover, when they are heard, their "leadership" too often speaks in the language of victimization that has become common of ethnic minorities in America. HACER feels that most Hispanics in the U.S. are more sympathetic to the worldview that highlights the virtues of individual responsibility, traditional values, and entrepreneurship.
Similarly, while several of the countries of Hispanic America have taken leading roles in advancing the cause of economic liberty, the challenge in South America, Central America, and Mexico are equally great. Lacking traditions that consistently uphold the rule of law, the free society remains a work-in-progress throughout the Spanish-speaking countries of the Western hemisphere.
While there are a number of important Latin American research institutes sympathetic to the cause of liberty and free markets, none has traditionally taken a "regional" - as opposed to a country-specific - perspective to these issues. HACER was founded to fill this vacuum by studying common problems faced in different countries, thereby creating important dialogue across national borders about best practices, ongoing challenges, and other lessons learned.
Johnson is a reknowned conservative thinker who advocates American hegemony as hegemony for peace, security, freedom, and the rule of law -- throughout the world.
You can somtimes find him on Peter Robinson's Uncommon Knowledge TV program, such as Transcript 813: An Empire for Liberty?
It is news, but how big will it be? Who will read it besides like-minded people?
Can you see an interview on MSM...nope. This guy might make it on Dennis Miller, or a Fox News segement, but that's about it.
Man, he sure "gets it." Unfortunately, you either "get it" or you don't.
Great article. I'll e-mail it to as many as I can.
Ping worthy article
BUMP
What a great piece of work!!!
I knew that Bush must win. But the way that Paul Johnson put it, everything is so much cleared why we should keep President Bush in the White House.
Thank you for posting this article. I'll send it to some friends to read.
Great author, his "A History of the Jews" is very well written as well.
bump!!
I'll take your word for it. Just ordered it from Amazon.
Now if only this were a full-page ad in every major newspaper...
This is a great article to e-mail to newspaper editorial boards. It sounds much like an endorsement.
FReepers, unite! Forward this article to any paper with an e-mail address!
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